Jaipur - India’s largest marble sculpture manufacturing market While the world knows Jaipur by the name of Pink City, very few are aware that the capital city of Rajasthan is also world famous for being called the largest manufacturer of marble sculptures. The city, which boasts of the world famous Hindu pilgrimage temple, Govind Dev Ji, is also one of the greatest destinations to find some of the best marble moorti of Radha Krishna, marble statues of Ganesha, Laxmi statues of marble along with the sculptures of several other Hindu Gods.
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Often these sculptures are made out of other material as well. However, marble statues in Jaipur are famous across the world. Marble became the first choice for manufacturing of sculptures and moortis due to its translucency and durability. The faces of the deities look so lively that it evokes the heavenly feeling in the heart of the devotees.
HOW MARBLE IS OBTAINED? Marble is the crystalline form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is found in abundance in the form of a metamorphic rock. Marble is formed when the limestone is treated by heat